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S 16 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 5 • O P T O M E T R I C M A N A G E M E N T . C O M ciated dry eye; hence, the creation of Avenova™. Avenova has proven to be ground breaking in its simplicity. See more on Avenova at www.avenova.com. As a youth, Ron worked for his father in the family's pharmaceutical company. With his father's encourage- ment, he pursued pharmaceutical and chemical studies in the United States. Ron studied at the University of Pittsburgh and University of San Francisco, and earned a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Califor- nia, Davis. With the outbreak of the Iranian Revolution, Ron and his family decided that the United States was the best opportunity to pursue his dreams; consequently, he and his family immigrated to the United States. He worked as a scientist for companies including Rhone Poulenc Rorer (now Sanof- Aventis), Applied Biosys- tems, and Aldrich Chemi- cal. California Pacifc Labs, Inc. was the frst successful company he started to man- ufacture and market his environmentally focused products. PURITY MATTERS! At the turn of the mil- lennium, Ron focused the team at NovaBay to develop a pure form of hypochlo- rous acid (HOCl), which he called Neutrox™. Impurity CEO OF NOVABAY PHARMACEUTICALS MASTERMINDS NOVEL SOLUTIONS TO AGE-OLD PROBLEMS S P O N S O R E D B Y N O V A B A Y Ron Najaf Ph.D. CEO NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Ron Najaf (left) is discussing chemistry with one of the scientists at NovaBay. R ON NAJAFI, PH.D., CEO of NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., founded No- vaBay to introduce the products he developed. Ron has been a pioneer in the area of non-antibiotic anti- microbials. For the frst time since the discovery of hypochlorous acid nearly 200 years ago, he was able to manufacture a pure form of hypochlorous acid without key impurities such as sodium hypochlorite (commonly known as bleach). Ron's sister, an ophthalmologist, took a keen interest in its application to blepharitis and asso- OPTOME TRIC MANAGEMENT CORPORATE PROFILE